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Digital Transformation
Explore our living library of innovation-related webinars and publications hosted by the UN Innovation Network and UN Entities.
Learn about new technologies, be inspired by the application of new approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals, and leverage the work and knowledge of UN innovators to advance your innovative ideas.
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September 6, 2023
UN 2.0 Policy Brief
The Brief outlines the SG's vision for a modernised UN system with cutting-edge skills and forward-thinking culture.
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August 23, 2023
Lessons in Scaling: UNDP's Role in Digitalizing Informal Market Vendors in Uganda
The story illustrates why, when and how UNDP is (or isn’t) well-suited to help social innovations scale, and what constraints can emerge when working with the private sector to do so.
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
August 21, 2023
Accelerating The SDGs Through Digital Public Infrastructure: A Compendium of The Potential of Digital Public Infrastructure
This compendium is designed to inform the efforts towards accelerating SDGs through DPI.
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August 21, 2023
The Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Approach: A Playbook
This DPI playbook is designed as a practical resource that low and middle-income countries in particular can utilize in building an inclusive and rights-based DPI
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SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
July 26, 2023
Digital Transformation Strategy
The Digital Transformation Strategy provides a unified vision and approach to realizing the rights of refugees to digital inclusion and protection. It also guides UNHCR in reshaping our use of digital channels and associated technology to achieve our strategic objectives.
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June 30, 2023
Affordable Devices for All Innovative Financing Solutions and Policy Options to Bridge Global Digital Divides
This report examines the key themes and drivers of costs in the supply and demand for Internet-enabled mobile devices and reviews financing schemes for low-income individuals to access a smartphone.
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June 8, 2023
Digitalization and Child Labour in Agriculture
Exploring blockchain and Geographic Information Systems to monitor and prevent child labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
May 25, 2023
A Global Digital Compact - an Open, Free and Secure Digital Future for All
The Global Digital Compacts sets out principles, objectives and actions for advancing an open, free, secure and human-centred digital future.
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May 18, 2023
Aligning digital and industrial policy to foster future industrialization
This brief explores the emergence of national digital policies and their compatibility with our previous understanding of industrial policy.
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
May 15, 2023
From 1% to 30%: The Journey of the Philippines towards responsible Digital Payments
This case study examines the success story of the Philippines in adopting digital payments by diving into the key decisions made by the government and private sector in accelerating the adoption of responsible digital payments.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
SDG 08: Decent Work & Economic Growth
SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
May 15, 2023
Agritech and Fintech Providers in East and Southern Africa: A Landscape Assessment
This report examines the universe of agritech and fintech providers that influence access to finance in East and Southern Africa, exploring their potential to become commercially viable and achieve scale.
SDG 02: Zero Hunger
May 6, 2023
Digital Public Goods for the SDGs
This report discusses emerging insights related to the sustainability, replicability and partnerships of Digital Public Goods based on five case studies.
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April 11, 2023
The Digital Leisure Divide and the Forcibly Displaced (Field Research)
This report examines how digital technologies are being used by forcibly displaced people for leisure purposes (incl. entertainment, gaming, sexuality, content creation, community voice, and livelihoods)
Humanitarian Action
March 13, 2023
Opening Green Windows: Technological Opportunities for a Low-Carbon World
The report highlights the opportunities that green innovation – goods and services with smaller carbon footprints – offer developing countries to strengthen their economies and boost their technological capacities.
SDG 09: Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
SDG 13: Climate Action
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